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Any Longines fans??
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I have a watch given to my grandfather in 1944 by a German Field Marshall that works flawlessly after all these years.
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Poland: Silenzio, Simaudio, Luxman, Bricasti, Bryston, Shunyata, Stax, Meze, Linn, Audeze, and Dan Clark Headphones, Stax, Wireworld, Crystal, Nordost, Siltech. Home Main System: Magnepan 20.7, Pass Labs XA 100.5, Audio Research Reference 6, Esoteric P-03, D-03, G0-Rb, DV-60, Clearaudio Innovation & Tangent arm, VPI HW19 MK4 & ET 2.5 arm, Mark Levinson 37, Aesthetix Rhea Signature, Magnum Dynalab Etude, Kiseki PHS, Sumiko Palos Santos Presentation,Wireworld, Crystal Absolute Dream, Shunyata, Acoustic Zen, and Stealth cables Other Avalon Arcus, Snell Type AIII, Tympani IV, Green Mountain Europa, Martin Logan CLS, Tympani 1D, Counterpoint, GAS, Yamaha, Levinson, Perreaux, Proceed, Theta, Linn, and other collectibles, including 60 different headphones and 30+ headphone amps, over 60 cartridges, and too many cables, stands, and tweaks to list. |
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Wow, that’s an interesting story |
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It was, I had to wait until I found it in a Folger's coffee can for grand-dad to tell me about it. The German was quite well known - Albert Kesselring, and my grandfather never felt able to divulge all the details of how they met.
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Poland: Silenzio, Simaudio, Luxman, Bricasti, Bryston, Shunyata, Stax, Meze, Linn, Audeze, and Dan Clark Headphones, Stax, Wireworld, Crystal, Nordost, Siltech. Home Main System: Magnepan 20.7, Pass Labs XA 100.5, Audio Research Reference 6, Esoteric P-03, D-03, G0-Rb, DV-60, Clearaudio Innovation & Tangent arm, VPI HW19 MK4 & ET 2.5 arm, Mark Levinson 37, Aesthetix Rhea Signature, Magnum Dynalab Etude, Kiseki PHS, Sumiko Palos Santos Presentation,Wireworld, Crystal Absolute Dream, Shunyata, Acoustic Zen, and Stealth cables Other Avalon Arcus, Snell Type AIII, Tympani IV, Green Mountain Europa, Martin Logan CLS, Tympani 1D, Counterpoint, GAS, Yamaha, Levinson, Perreaux, Proceed, Theta, Linn, and other collectibles, including 60 different headphones and 30+ headphone amps, over 60 cartridges, and too many cables, stands, and tweaks to list. |
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they just recently introduced what I believe to be the most accurate quartz watch, + or - 5 sec per year. previous benchmark was 10 sec per year
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Not really, they go right up the pay scale with just ETA movements, which fails to garner my respect.Build quality might be slightly ahead of Tissot, but that's about it. Back in the day perhaps...
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ETA makes some fine movements. Without them, mechanical might have to give way to smartphones and smart watches. I wouldn’t knock ETA mechanical movements; they’re used in many high-end brands. |
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For me it's like putting Bose internals in to a Naim. I wasn't sorry to leave ETA, and when I did I stopped looking. They do make good quartz movements though. A watch co has to have it's own movement for me. The 'holy Quintet' share the top guys mind, or the majority do.
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agreed, I'd hate to hide Bose under the skin of something like Naim .......... only kidding !
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Any Longines fans??
They’re one of the oldest timepiece companies out there.
Funny that you post this, I just sent this article to my brother yesterday.... Found: A Longines Retail Display Case From The Golden Age Of Aviation https://www.hodinkee.com/articles/lo...aviation-found Last edited by Cohibaman; 02-26-2019 at 02:53 AM. |
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